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[29] Right-wing commentators argue that these excess deaths and killings are an indictment of communism, [40] [41] [42] while opponents of this view, including members of the political left, argue that these killings were aberrations caused by specific authoritarian regimes instead of communism, and point to mass deaths that they claim were ...
So, now that I am in my 70s, it is a good time to tell you what I’ve learned about communism. For one, “Communist” is the favorite accusation of the far right against their opposition.
Many critics have argued that this is an oversimplification of the nature of society and claim that the influence of ideas, culture and other aspects of what Marx called the superstructure are just as important as the economic base to the course of society, if not more so.
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No sensible person has, of this writing, ever alleged that Dorothy Day was insufficiently amenable to Communism. So, that the Jesuit magazine America published a piece titled “The Catholic Case ...
Many commentators on the political right point to the mass killings under communist regimes, claiming them as an indictment of socialism. [ 46 ] [ 47 ] [ 48 ] The Black Book of Communism has been one of the most elaborate popular works to make this point.
Here is the meaning of the year 1978. Communism, begun in 1917, could maintain itself approximately 60 years and reach its peak. So 1978 is the border line and afterward communism will decline; in the 70th year it will be altogether ruined. This is true. Therefore, now is the time for people who are studying communism to abandon it."
[96] [97] Opponents of this hypothesis, including those on the political left and communist party members, state that these killings were aberrations caused by specific authoritarian regimes, and not caused by communism itself, and point to mass deaths that they say were caused by anti-communism and capitalism [96] [97] as a counterpoint to ...